July 8, 2006 - Various wanderings

On Saturday, the 8th, I went out looking for stuff. No real plan.

First I stopped at the bridge where Mosside Blvd in Monroeville crosses Turtle Creek. It's a two lane steel girder bridge in the process of being replaced. Instead of replacing it with a wider bridge, they are going to build a new two lane bridge next to this one, and then move traffic to the new bridge. Then the old bridge will be torn down and another two lane bridge built, so altimately there will be two lanes in each direction.


After that I came to a narrow rusty bridge leading from Monroeville into Wall (yes, Wall is the name of a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania). This old bridge doesn't look to good but it's quite sturdy and doesn't get that much traffic. I also saw a nice war memorial in Wall.


I saw the Greensburg Pike Bridge, but didn't cross it. I previously got pictures from the north side and now I got some good shots from the south side of the bridge. Then I got lost for a while, during which time I saw the George Westinghouse Bridge, but didn't find a good place to get out of the car and take pictures.

After eating and stopping at the Super Wal-Mart in North Versailles (pronounced "ver-SAILs", honest!) I headed home. As it was still light, I stopped at the cemetery at Beulah Presbyterian Church. This is one of the oldest cemeteries in Allegheny County. I've never seen so many Revolutionary War Veterans in one place!